Word: savvier
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Boeing's taunts obscure the quiet transformation of Airbus from a sort of pan-European employment agency to a savvier, profit-driven company. The 30-year-old manufacturer was the first to introduce a sophisticated fly-by-wire system (where the pilot's actions send electronic signals, rather than pulling cables, to maneuver the plane) and adopt virtually uniform cockpits for its entire fleet (thereby lowering the cost of pilot training). And Airbus often sells its jets for less than comparable Boeing models. "I'm a red-blooded American, and I want to see our side succeed," says David Neeleman...
...bandleader Josie, Tara Reid makes an agreeably ditsy Melody, and Reid’s boyfriend Carson Daly parodies the hand that feeds him. Is Josie a signal of the end of mindless pop music and culture? Probably not, but as supposedly disposable movie fluff it’s savvier than it has any right...
...first line of action, passengers need to be more realistic-and savvier-consumers when it comes to airline travel. Flyers should not expect premium service on a super-saver, $89 fare. What's more, travelers ought to punish poorly performing carriers by diverting their business to other airlines (such as Southwest, Midwest Express and JFK-based Jetblue), which consistently win awards for superior service. And at the most basic level, I can only say that if flying is such an awful experience, then don't fly. The U.S. has plenty of forms of alternate transportation to get you where...
...distributing the most promising films. Eleven years ago Steven Soderbergh was a young hopeful touting his breakthrough "sex, lies and videotape." Now he has two films in competition for Best Picture. It's not that he's sold out. Far from it. It's that the studios have become savvier...
...lowest rate since recordkeeping began 60 years ago. The drop for teens 15 to 17 was more striking--6% last year--and most dramatic for black teens--30% over the past decade. Praise, said the Department of Health and Human Services, must go straight to parents and to savvier teens, most of them unmarried, who are apparently planning their future with a greater degree of wisdom...